@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {6809},
      author = {McPhillips, Jennifer},
      title = {A Missed Opportunity to Improve Public Safety: Tbe Case  for Improved Sanctioning of Unlawful Use of Weapon Arrests  in Chicago},
      journal = {Chicago Studies 2013},
      address = {2016},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {Gun violence poses an enormous problem in Chicago and  other large urban areas in the United States, but little is  known in the policy or criminology communities about how to  deter illegal gun possession and gun violence. This study  evaluates the impact of court dispositions on recidivism  for individuals whose first contact with the Chicago Police  Department was an Unlawful Use of Weapon arrest. I found  that the criminal-justice system effectively differentiates  between dangerous criminals and low-risk offenders when  meting out dispositions, yet despite this accuracy,  individuals who do receive a punitive disposition  (probation or a jail sentence) are far more likely to  reoffend. These individuals receive ineffective sentences  and consequently receive insufficient treatment to deter  them from future offending. Consequently, I argue that the  county maintain judicial discretion for illegal weapon  possession cases but establish consistent guidelines for  punitive sentencing and introduce innovative approaches to  deter recidivism.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/6809},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.6082/uchicago.6809},
}